Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention centre alleging unlawful disability and age discrimination.
A judge overseeing two 7-Eleven class actions has signed off on $2.25 million in costs incurred by the funder and lawyers in their pitched battle to win approval for the terms of a $98 million settlement, which included deductions of more than $44 million to cover commission and fees.
A judge has told a class action applicant alleging institutional racism targeting the Indigenous population of a remote NT community to clarify his case over the availability of interpreting services.
A class action against Aveo Group has settled for $11 million mid trial, with the law firm that brought the case expressing regret for any “distress or anxiety” it caused and acknowledging the retirement village providerās contracts with residents were lawful.Ā
A judge has approved a $12 million payment to the funder of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven, even as the funder plans to appeal a decision rejecting its bid for a common fund order for a $24.5 million commission.
A judge has declined a bid by former United Petroleum franchisees to stay two Federal Court proceedings in light of a class action against the petrol giant over the introduction of loss-making Pie Face stores, finding the suits have little in common.
The High Court killed off all common fund orders, not just the kind sought at the start of a class action, a judge has said as he cut in half the payout for a litigation funder bankrolling two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven.
A judge has blessed a law firmās $16.6 million legal bill for running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven despite a contradictorās argument that it had a ātroublingā practice of deferring its fees to benefit the funder that bankrolled the cases.Ā
The Western Australia government has foreshadowed a strike-out application just one month after being hit with a class action on behalf of detainees in the state’s detention centres.
United Petroleum has been hit with a class action on behalf of franchisees who allege they suffered loss when the petrol giant installed loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites.